Muhammad Ali in Freedom Road (1978)

A brief clip from the film Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali as Gideon Jackson, a former slave from South Carolina and later US Senator in Washington DC, fighting for greater freedom in the 1870s during Reconstruction.

[chevys]

This movie was made in my hometown NATCHEZ Ms. and my mother was the lady at the dinner scene with the biscuits.

[dwaynespeed]

My parents took me to the movies to see this when I was a child and it impacts me till this very day !!

[NamishBelbase]

AT HOME WITH MUHAMMAD ALI BY HANA ALI brought me here .. man I am loving this book.

[neneshubby]

I remember when this movie came on TV. The sad part is Ali was already beginning to slur his words. He still had that natural charisma though.

[annmcqueen]

I am a dear friend to some of Ali's family and they are great people .Ali well the most loving kind giving and caring man and he love the Jewish people.

[sedrickrobinson]

My father was the man on Ali's left arm. R.I.P. George I. Robinson. He allowed our family the opportunity to meet Mr. Ali. I remember I made him laugh. I was so taken I couldn't even tell the man his name when he asked me!!! Lol! R.I.P. to the GOAT!!!

[xylfox]

0:24 " I´m just a simple man"??? he was THE GREATEST :-) Came here cause Howard Fast wrote the novel of this mini-serie .At the same time "Roots" was aired

[banglakw]

He was the most dashing man of that time. Ali is the greatest man of all time.

[davidcoleman]

I was an extra in this movie filmed in Natchez ms.

[vidnut]

The graphic at the end is jarring. It is hard to believe Ali is gone.

[kingkeneth]

Why is the VHS of this movie rare? Anyone know?

[barrybradshaw]

I have this movie on vhs...a double tape set...long movie....

[humayunlaskar]

He has more movies like “greatest” and more....

[annmcqueen]

My cousin dated Ali in the early years, she said if she knew he was going to be famous, she would have stuck with him haha. I always had a secret crush on him when I was young.

[rainmaker]

Just spotted Ron "o Neal (of SUPERFLY fame) with that handlebar mustache! I've never understood why this film is rarely shown, or not even on DVD (as far as I know) even though Ali starred in it (it was his only real acting role in a film.) Haven't seen this since it was first aired--would love to see it again.

[johnrambodalessandro]

This is the only apparition of him on this movie? Or he apears more than Just on this scene?

[marvinmarsh]

I really don't like the part that Muhammad Ali played in this movie you got all the people killed

[kathrynthompson]

Omg 😱 didn’t we have it so hard just because we had a black skin color I’m still reading the BIBLE n haven’t came across nothing said treat people with black skin like animals I didn’t understand it n my younger days when my parents explain it to me.n I don’t understand it n my older days why is god made all colors n if he didn’t want black on dis earth 🌍 it was his choice ( meaning GOD ) NOT MAN but god got something for all you that have killed black peoples for no reason just because u though u got away with it NO it’s a thing CALLED JUDGMENT DAY n it’s judged by god OMG it do states n the BIBLE n the 10 commandments I’m going to walk around heaven n look 👀 down on u because I haven’t broken the master rules Amen 🙏🏻 may god b the glory 🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐🥀🦋🙌🏿🙏🏻😭👼🎉🎈♥️